House of York
The house of York is a branch junior by the dynasty Plantagenêt, resulting from Edmond de Langley (1341 † 1402), 1st Duc of York and fourth wire of the king Edouard III of England. Returning the minority of Richard II, Edmond de Langley shared regency with Jean of Ghent, Duc of Lancaster and accepted then the rise of the son of Jean of Ghent, Henri de Bolingbroke on the throne after the ousting of Richard II, and in spite of the rights of Roger Mortimer, grandson of the second wire of Edouard III.
These provisions favorable to the Lancaster changed with the marriage of Richard de Conisburgh, Count de Cambridge and wire junior by Edmond de Langley, with Anne Mortimer, the only daughter of Roger Mortimer. Richard plotted against the king Henri V of England, but was carried out in 1415. His/her son Richard inherited the duchy of York with died of his uncle, killed with Azincourt. Benefitting from the insanity of Henri VI, it was made allot regency, but was fought by the queen Marguerite, then overcome and killed with the Bataille of Wakefield, at the 49 years age. His/her son Edouard took again the fight, and assembled on the throne in 1461. The house of York reigned then on England of 1461 to 1485, except for a short period in 1471 where Henri VI was restored. Three kings of this family followed one another: Edouard IV (1461-1471 and 1471-1483), Edouard V (1483) and Richard III (1483-1485). Dissensions had separated the family, initially by the plots of George, Duc of Clarence, had carried out in 1478, then with the usurpation of Richard III with the detriment of his nephews. Finally, Henri Tudor, related at the house of Lancaster, overcame Richard III with Bosworth. The house of York died out in 1499, after the execution of the son of the duke of Clarence.
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